64valiant

my mate owns a tire shop (Hamilton based) and just posted this sweet little car he had in the shop today.

nothing has happened on this just taken some more photos and been searching the net for parts like a tail gate and window. along with few other random peaces.

oh also im the 3rd owner of this ap5 valiant along with my sedan ap5. this one was brought in Australia and imported with them when they came to NZ. It was then sold 18 years ago to the guy i brought it off who then started to pull it apart about 12 months ago thought it was to much work for him and he brought another valiant and then he needed to sell it. TO ME










if any one on here knows of ap5/6/vc safari parts be helpful to know as some hard parts to find. thanks heaps  
 

Cool bro, sounds good. Nothing wrong with the slant though, I would stick with that for a bit. You know a 300c engine swap would be the bomb but it would cost so much to do so!

 

I am in Melbourne, seen a couple of really early ap5 wagons around this summer, the ones with small round tail lights. Mega rare! I nearly bought a mint ap5 wagon for $1200 when I first moved here, kinda wished I did now, it was factory avocado green and looked cool sitting on wide wheels but was a full base model spec, no heater, drums, 3 on the tree etc. 

 

Looking forward to see what you do with this one though. Oh, If you need any panel repair sections, try craig vane rustaproblem, although shipping might be the deal breaker from queensland.

Yea I will probably end up just slamming it out and widening the steelies and roll it as it is. I'd rather put my money into my sedan and get the other engine in that.

And thanks for that I will have a look at Craig vane tonight see what will make my life easier.

The wagon you saw when you 1st got to aus sounds amazing. Sound have brought it!!

you're a sick sick man.

Haha why thand you.

I've always wanted a matching pair/different body type of vehicles. So mega awesome!!!

Need garage door open taillight pic.

Cheers

Matt

Hey Matt It got dark before I could get a good photo so il get one tonight for you.

Also it has been my dream to own a wagon and sedan ap5 I've finally got it. Don't know to paint it green and white to suite my sedan as well. Maybe one day I will

make chit chat about my wags here hopefully i will have some updates on it sooner than latter 

Excellent! Having two old cars makes perfect sense, Trust me I know! Love the old Val wag's, they are quite rare in NZ these days.

 

What are the plans for the wagon?

the plans for the wagon is do as little as possible and get it on the road sooner better than latter.

will eventually slam it out and use it for my tow wagon/daily.

my mate wants me to bag it and put a modern hemi v8 in it maybe out of a 300c or somthing.

they are becoming rarer and rarer and i was close to buying one in aus and sending it back here but lucky came across this

I spy with my little eye a piece of my car on your bench lol

that would be true i need to make a move on them now that its a tight squeeze in the shed now haha

hey man. head to your local upholstery shop. or try buying localy from these guys http://www.retwine.co.nz/ they have plenty so chose from. ask for there headlining fabric. we use f55 or f2 addos glue threw a glue gun on compressed air (paint gun) if your after some more information message me and il can give more tips

thanks heaps for the entry man.

next year il have two cars to take over think il trailer the sedan over to save on gas......

il make a start on your seats next month as well they might need to hurry up and move out of my garage haha

so i made it to beach hop and event got to enter as a 64 two door soft top impala thanks to MR WEST for not finishing his imp.

i got a few snaps of the car loaded up with people about to go for a cruise and i really need to roll my back left hand side guard a bit as i scrap 6 up.





here is a photo of minimans 76 mini with no bonnet and with mine up at beach hop. his was over heating like crazy and mine decided it didnt want to start.......



oh i also done the hole coke and tin foil trick on my bumpers a night before i left for beach hop. WOW it works a bloody treat!!!

before 



after 



my new muffler sounds amazing i will get a video of it when im next out and about in it.

i also have purchased a new vehicle. it arrives this week. so keep an eye out for the build thread of that.

here a few snaps i got of beach hop

I've seen this old dude cruising around Taupo a few times now.

i want to buy this guy a beer!!! top bloke!! didnt manage to see if it had a square front on it or a roundish front?

I'm very excited as well about these carbs. I have a swap job on the go to go with completeting my engine which is a huge bonus but the hole engine swap might have a little delay on it now as I may have purchased another ap5 valiant. But hey they are getting closer so that's the main thing

so yeah beach hop is around the corner so i thought ild get a few things fixed and what not so i thought il replace my exhaust by putting a straight pipe in HAHAHAHAHAHA that was extremely loud!!

this is my old one



so yup brought a muffler and got my mate to weld that in. this is what the inside of that looks like.



it now sounds a hell of a lot better and seems to go a little better to.

while i had my globs on i also got my other rims painted and polished them all up make them look spiffy. here is basically a before and after 



also i cleaned the white writing with some jiff and water. here is the difference in them



i also dropped my head off to my mate to assemble. which he showed me my triple carbs with new linkages made up and working just minus one clip so i found on of them and shot back next day to find my head assembled and him waiting on my for my block. here is a photo of the head and carbs





i think thats it for now. 

il be at beach hop from Wednesday onward. if u see me around come say hi.

so went to visit a mate of mine. i thought ild take some photos on his projects/left to rot cars at his place



the rest of the angle box got made into a stock car body



these two are dooner cars, one for his sons daily super minx and the other is a dodge
 

he also has a stock car he just picked up a new body for it



and some other cars that he has stacked out back with parts on it he will want some day

il be there from Wednesday in the ap5 valiant. staying with me is miniman76 in his mini. will also have Evan (nicknamed bevan) with us along side a few tag alongs. staying in linton cres. stop in say hi if u see the valiant or come say hi if you see us around in the green machines. 

spotted an old bloke driving this international in bunnings the other day easy in his 60s+ group. so simple.


 

spotted the rx3 and chev in paeroa out side mc ds today. also saw a middle aged lady driving the rx3 threw waihi





spotted this international on my way to bunnings on sat. guy would have been 60+ easy rather rad



just finished the interior on this at work got a quick photo to share 



had the luxury to drawl over this nomad the other day





and spotted these two at cock and bull Hamilton monthly meet on the last Thursday of every month  





i think this cadi needed a helicopter landing pad on the bonnet. 

That is PERFECT

it was a full resto. i done the upholstery on it about 8 years ago such a stunner. im looking forward to his falcon to be finished that hes doing up at the moment. going to look amazing.

so yeah shot over to cambridge tonight thought ild share some of the photos 























yea sorry i tend to only take photos of valiants when im out and about

so yea see this vw around town heaps!!! would die to own it as well. but the rumor on the street is that its full of bog up to 80leters maybe so i got a closer look today





looks to be showing its age already. think its only been so called done up for a year or 2

theres an old bloke in pakuranga that pootles around in an AP5 (or AP6, i cant remember)

there is also a old guy driving around hamilton (frankton/dinsdale) in an ap5 same color as mine with a visor on it. i thought it was mine for a second but i then realized i was driving mine.

spotted this the other day. must of had some spear time on his hands and a left over honda





so yea it did have a bed and a little gas cooker in it. and what not HAHA 

Cool. Are they 15x8s? What size tyres?

yup they are 15x8 with a 235 50 on them. my 14x7 have 235 50s on them as well